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Please see ATTACHED media advisory by the UN Human Rights Council in relation to an official visit to Timor Leste by UN Special Rapporteur. Kind regards The Hon John Dowd AO QC President ICJ Australia

The President of the ICJ Australia, The Hon John Dowd AO QC, issued a press release on the 11 October 2017 in relation to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 (NSW): “We urge Members of Parliament to support and pass the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 (NSW) and...

This week the UN Committee Against Torture published the concluding observations of its recent review of Sri Lanka regarding ongoing human rights abuses in the country. In addition, the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has noted that...

The ICJ has closely been following Australia's treatment of refugees over the past few years. We are concerned that Australia's treatment of refugees may breach international instruments. The President of the ICJ recently participated in discussion concerning the...

PRESS RELEASE “The Minister for Immigration should be removed as Guardian of unaccompanied refugee children, to afford them some real protection on arrival in Australia” said The Honourable John Dowd AO QC, President of The International Commission of Jurists...

MEDIA - ICJ denounces Howard’s political fix in Hicks prosecution - The International Commission of Jurists decries the political interference in the prosecution of David Hicks. MEDIA - Malaysian Solution & Civil Society – A Departure - How can the government...

“Those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009 must not be allowed to go unpunished”, said John Dowd AOQC, the President of The International Commission of Jurists, Australia (ICJA). “The expert committee...

The ICJ Victoria has reported that the Court of Appeal decision of Christian Youth Camps Limited & Ors v Cobaw Community Health Services Limited & Ors [2014] VSCA 75 (16 April 2014) is available on the www.austlii.edu.au website.  The ICJ Australia's amicus...

On 16 August 2014, the ICJA in collaboration with the International Law Association co-sponsored a colloquium at the University of New South Wales. The subject for discussion was "MARITIME BOUNDARIES IN THE TIMOR SEA- Applying the law to the borders of Australia,...

The council of the ICJ Australia resolved to condemn the increase in the use of mandatory minimum sentencing which erodes the independence of the judiciary in applying the laws set to fix penalty for crime.   "Increasing mandatory sentencing to a larger number of...

The President of the ICJ Australia, Mr John Dowd AO QC, issued a press release on 26 April 2016. “The Government should withdraw the proposed legislation enabling Serious Crime Prevention Orders to be made against individuals and corporations, as being an excessive...